17 people who would be way better Grammy hosts than the same old late-night TV stars

Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, and Donald Glover would all kill it at the Grammys.
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While people tend to make a fuss over the Golden Globes, Oscars, and Emmy hosts, the Grammy hosts are downright bizarre by comparison.

After having a run of delightful comedy hosts in the 1990s and early 2000s — people like Paul Reiser, Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell, and Jon Stewart — the producers seem to have given up between 2003 and 2011, having no hosts at all (the sole exception is Queen Latifah, who hosted in 2005).

Then in 2012, the Grammys decided it needed hosts again. It picked LL Cool J for the job, who for some reason did it for five years in a row. The strangeness of it all probably helps explain why the Grammys are held in such low regard.

Last year, the Grammys attempted normalcy by picking late-night host James Corden for the ceremonies. He's resuming the duties this year — and he'll probably do a great job — but picking late-night hosts to helm awards shows has become a lazy crutch for both the networks and the awards organizations.

Unlike other awards shows, the looser nature of the Grammys means it can choose hosts from Hollywood and the music industry.

With that in mind, here are 17 potential future Grammy hosts that would be way more fun than the late-night TV comedians.

Pitbull

Mr. Worldwide has probably been a featured artist on every nominee's track on one point or another, so he's friends with everyone. He's also an expert on keeping people pumped up, which is exactly what a three-hour awards show needs.

Donald Glover

Donald Glover has never won a Grammy, though he's been nominated plenty of times as his rapping alter ego, Childish Gambino. But he did win a Golden Globe, and his speech proved he's a class act as well as a genius with his show "Atlanta." As a comic actor and musician, he'd be a great host.

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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj.
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Nicki is one of the most outrageous characters in the music world and she'd be utterly hilarious as a Grammy host.